Captivate anyone: Pitch with Confidence & Clarity by Tania DeSa, CEO of Desa Global Leadership Inc - If you would like to have a copy of Tania’s handout (which due to IP, we’re not sharing publicly online), please contact Maggie on mberry@weconnectinternational.org – thanks!

What will you gain from attending?
• How Intel Deutschland GmbH is working toward greater diversity and inclusion.
• Find out how the adoption of supplier diversity programs by corporations around the world impacts you and your business opportunities.
• Gain practical knowledge about how to navigate supplier diversity and how a tier II program creates a more inclusive and competitive supply chain.
• Discover how WEConnect International and VdU are working in Germany to support women-owned businesses.
• Certification for women-owned businesses is available in Germany. Learn what that means to you, why get certified, and why corporations require certification.
• Increase your network with other WBEs and Corporations.

Who should attend?
• Women business owners based in Germany who own and control 51% or more of their business and who have B2B products or services that might be purchased by corporate organizations.
• Corporations who are interested in implementing supplier diversity programs within their companies.
• Women-owned businesses based outside of Germany who have the capability to provide products and services to the German market.

Why Supplier Diversity: Inspiring Innovation?
The event is free to attend and is a valuable networking experience. It aids in the awareness and inclusion of women-owned businesses within the German market. Corporations and women entrepreneurs come together in a unique experience to discuss diversity and inclusion, make connections, and exchange ideas.

The event will be presented both in German and English, depending on speakers and topics.

10.45 - 12.15 Workshop: Captivate anyone: Pitch with Confidence & Clarity (English)
To inspire entrepreneurs to articulate their unique value & business impact with confidence and clarity so that they can engage to talent, win new clients and land investment funding to grow their enterprises.

Presented by Tania DeSa, CEO of Desa Global Leadership Inc- an international leadership training firm whose mission is to inspire professionals to find voice and visibility in corporate boardrooms so they feel more fired up and get promoted at work.

As a leadership trainer, Tania draws from intercultural experiences of traveling to over 77 countries and living, studying and working in Australia, Japan, Hungary, Spain, China and Switzerland. Tania has thrived in corporate sales and marketing management roles within the healthcare industry in such companies as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic, Ecolab, Johnson & Johnson and has led strategic discussions at the World Health Organization in Switzerland. She also leads an Employee Resource Group Leadership Council whereby Fortune 500 companies engage in quarterly diversity roundtables as part of her BOD role with non profit North American Association of Asian Professionals(NAAAP Toronto).

14.00 - 14.45 Presentation: Supplier Diversity & Inclusion at Intel (German)
In this session we will explain what Supplier Diversity is, what tier I and tier II spends are, tell you about Intel`s expectations, the values of a diverse supply chain and purchasing processes.

14.45 - 15.30 Presentation: Introduction to VDU & WEConnect International in Europe (English & German)
In this session, we will introduce you to WEConnect International in Europe which is the leading global supplier diversity initiative spearheading the connection of women-owned business and multinational corporations. It is Europe's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to global and national corporations and government bodies - as well as Verband deutscher Unternehmerinnen (VdU- Association of Women Business Owners in Germany).

This session will be presented by Maggie Berry Executive Director for Europe, WEConnect International and Evelyne de Gruyter, Lead PR, Verband deutscher Unternehmerinnen e. V. (VdU)

15.30 - 15.45 Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.15 Panel discussion, summary of the day and close (German & English)
On the panel will be Maggie Berry, WEConnect International Europe, Evelyne de Gruyter, VdU, a Corporation (tbd), a WBE (tbd) and a tier I supplier (tbd) .Moderation: Anuschka Lutz, Commodity Manager in the EMEA Regional Strategic Sourcing Group / Supplier Diversity & Inclusion Germany representative.

Questions for the panel can submitted in advance during the online registration process, via email to us or directly at the event.

10.45 - 12.15 Workshop: Captivate anyone: Pitch with Confidence & Clarity (English)
To inspire entrepreneurs to articulate their unique value & business impact with confidence and clarity so that they can engage to talent, win new clients and land investment funding to grow their enterprises.

Presented by Tania DeSa, CEO of Desa Global Leadership Inc- an international leadership training firm whose mission is to inspire professionals to find voice and visibility in corporate boardrooms so they feel more fired up and get promoted at work.

As a leadership trainer, Tania draws from intercultural experiences of traveling to over 77 countries and living, studying and working in Australia, Japan, Hungary, Spain, China and Switzerland. Tania has thrived in corporate sales and marketing management roles within the healthcare industry in such companies as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic, Ecolab, Johnson & Johnson and has led strategic discussions at the World Health Organization in Switzerland. She also leads an Employee Resource Group Leadership Council whereby Fortune 500 companies engage in quarterly diversity roundtables as part of her BOD role with non profit North American Association of Asian Professionals(NAAAP Toronto).